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Brief Encounters: 69 Hot Gay Shorts
Shane Allison has gathered together, in one volume, what comprise the very best, hottest, most creative short short gay erotica for this collection. These are not the typical one night stand stories but tales that are intriguing, thrilling, unique and always surprising! When the lights go out, a couple decides to create a sex scene of their own in a movie theater in Logan Zachary's "Back Row."In Rob Rosen's "Hot for Teacher," a student will go the distance for an "A" including seducing his studly professor. Erotica veteren, M. Christian wastes no time in getting to the good parts in his raw and raunchy blow by blow tale in "Safe Sex. Shane Allison is quickly (pun unintended) becoming one of the top writers and anthologists in gay erotica and his anthologies are always fresh, edgy, and bold. These sixty nine sexy gay quickies may be short in length but are extremely long on pleasure!
353 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 2011
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October 12, 2011
Em... I wrote one of the stories featured in this book :)
(so I'm biased)
(so I'm biased)
November 7, 2011
"Brief Encounters: 69 Hot Gay Shorts," edited by Shane Allison, is a 353-page anthology that needs no introduction, description or summary. If the title (or subtitle) alone isn’t self-explanatory enough, let it suffice to say this is an impressive, comprehensive short story collection and essential for every gay man’s nightstand.
With the average length of each entry at five pages, the stories provide just enough detail to create the scene in the reader’s mind, yet leave plenty of room for imagination. Every possible setting is covered in this collective effort, ranging from the familiar--locker rooms, public restrooms, and bathhouses--to the less conventional, like a convenience store, a roller coaster and a roadside diner.
Location aside, depending on what the reader is into and likes to read about, the anthology is a veritable feast of tawdry activity and could also serve as a guidebook for fantasies and suggested scenarios. Orgies, three-ways, anonymity and men on the down low are only a handful of examples, and every body part, erogenous zone and orifice is boldly explored.
For those who prefer an actual story to the hardcore action, there are a handful of examples that could easily serve as precursors to full-length novels. Jamie Freeman’s "Those Who Listen," introduces a presumably single, lonely male who lives vicariously through his roommate; Stephen Osborne’s "The Coaster," profiles a budding relationship between two adventurous twenty-year-olds, and "Two Men in a Boat" from M. Christian describes an intense, wordless encounter shared by two strangers.
The stories in "Brief Encounters" shouldn’t be read in succession, but are better served at random and in small doses. The reader should treat himself to perhaps two or three per sitting, preferably--for obvious reasons--before going to bed. Otherwise, the alluring interplay of the characters in each of these anecdotes becomes predictable and eventually tiresome.
If you’re partial to quickies and a full-length erotic novel is too much of a time commitment, "Brief Encounters" is "short in length, long on pleasure."
With the average length of each entry at five pages, the stories provide just enough detail to create the scene in the reader’s mind, yet leave plenty of room for imagination. Every possible setting is covered in this collective effort, ranging from the familiar--locker rooms, public restrooms, and bathhouses--to the less conventional, like a convenience store, a roller coaster and a roadside diner.
Location aside, depending on what the reader is into and likes to read about, the anthology is a veritable feast of tawdry activity and could also serve as a guidebook for fantasies and suggested scenarios. Orgies, three-ways, anonymity and men on the down low are only a handful of examples, and every body part, erogenous zone and orifice is boldly explored.
For those who prefer an actual story to the hardcore action, there are a handful of examples that could easily serve as precursors to full-length novels. Jamie Freeman’s "Those Who Listen," introduces a presumably single, lonely male who lives vicariously through his roommate; Stephen Osborne’s "The Coaster," profiles a budding relationship between two adventurous twenty-year-olds, and "Two Men in a Boat" from M. Christian describes an intense, wordless encounter shared by two strangers.
The stories in "Brief Encounters" shouldn’t be read in succession, but are better served at random and in small doses. The reader should treat himself to perhaps two or three per sitting, preferably--for obvious reasons--before going to bed. Otherwise, the alluring interplay of the characters in each of these anecdotes becomes predictable and eventually tiresome.
If you’re partial to quickies and a full-length erotic novel is too much of a time commitment, "Brief Encounters" is "short in length, long on pleasure."
February 26, 2012
Some good short stories in there!
August 19, 2016
Steamy thoughts
Enjoyed all the different approaches to male on male erotic play. Some are well written and develop slowly while others are easily read quickly. These stories speak volumes of what we often think but don't say.
Enjoyed all the different approaches to male on male erotic play. Some are well written and develop slowly while others are easily read quickly. These stories speak volumes of what we often think but don't say.
September 20, 2021
Short short stories on the one topic get very boring
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